Making Globalization Work for the Least Developed Countries

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1 Republic of Turkey UN Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States United Nations Development Programme Making Globalization Work for the Least Developed Countries

6 2 Making Globalization Work for the Least Developed Countries Contents 4 Preface 6 Acknowledgements 9 Abbreviations 12 Introduction 15 Chapter 1 Globalization and the Least Developed Countries 45 Chapter 2 Globalization and the Least Developed Countries: Issues in trade and investment 60 Round table on issues in trade and investment: Summary of discussions 63 Chapter 3 Globalization and the Least Developed Countries: Issues in technology 77 Round table on issues in technology: Summary of discussions 81 Chapter 4 Globalization, agriculture and the Least Developed Countries 96 Round table on issues in agriculture: Summary of discussions 99 Chapter 5 Energizing the Least Developed Countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals: The challenges and opportunities of globalization 112 Round table on issues in energy: Summary of discussions

7 3 115 Istanbul Declaration on Least Developed Countries: Time for Action 123 Statements 124 Statement by H.E. Mr. Abdullah Gül, Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of Turkey* 127 Statement by H.E. Ms. Sheika Haya Rashed Al-Khalifa, President, United Nations General Assembly 129 Statement by H.E. Mr. Moussa Affolabi Okanla, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Benin and Chair of the Group of Least Developed Countries 132 Statement by Mr. Supachai Panitchpakdi, Secretary-General, United Nations Conference on Trade and Development 134 Statement by Ms. Valentine Sendanyoye Rugwabiza, Deputy Director-General, World Trade Organization 137 Statement by Mr. Abdoulie Janneh, Executive Secretary, United Nations Economic Commission for Africa 143 Statement by Ms. Harriet Schmidt, Director, United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States 145 Keynote speech by H.E. Mr. Benjamin Mkapa, former president of the Republic of Tanzania 154 Keynote speech by Mr. Kemal Dervis 5, Administrator, United Nations Development Programme 158 Closing statement by H.E. Ambassador Ertugrul Apakan, Undersecretary of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Turkey ^ 161 Annexes 162 Brussels Declaration 165 Participants *President of Turkey at the time of publication.

8 4 Making Globalization Work for the Least Developed Countries Preface The United Nations Ministerial Conference of the Least Developed Countries, Making Globalization Work for the LDCs, hosted by the Government of Turkey and jointly organized by United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Turkey took place in Istanbul (Turkey) from 9 to 11 July The conference sought to address questions of full and beneficial integration of the LDCs in the world economy, as there is widespread agreement that most such countries have not participated in the economic and financial benefits of the current phase of globalization. Senior policy makers and representatives of international organizations, including those from 47 LDCs, therefore gathered in Istanbul to discuss ways of harnessing globalization s potential for development, to draw attention to LDCs in the global economy and to promote South-South cooperation between LDCs and other developing countries as well as between the LDCs themselves. The conference stimulated considerable discussion, sparked ideas of cooperation as well as yielded results that reaffirmed the commitment to the Brussels Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade Indeed, the Istanbul Declaration on LDCs can be viewed as a Call for Action for the Brussels Declaration. While recognizing that the process of globalization and interdependence is potentially a powerful and dynamic force that can contribute to growth, poverty reduction and sustainable development, the ministers of the LDCs recognized and affirmed the need for fair and equitable globalization. Conference participants also emphasized that if properly managed, additional trade and investment, increased transfer of technology, agricultural productivity and affordable, reliable, economically viable and socially acceptable forms of energy can help LDCs build a competitive environment in a truly inclusive and globalized world. Yet, today s reality is different. While the economic reforms of the last few years in the LDCs have resulted in more open economies and greater integration of these countries into the global economy, they have often simultaneously imposed economic hardships on large parts of the population in many LDCs. Small businesses in these countries have lost out either to the big international players or to cheaper imports. There has been a shrinking of the public sector and withdrawal of state subsidies without any commensurate growth of strong market and other institutions, resulting in loss of jobs and reduced national capacity to deliver on many of the Millennium Development Goals. Moreover, without social safety nets, many people have seen their standards of living plummet. The benefits of what little economic growth has taken place, have, in most cases, failed to trickle down to the poor. Structural constraints ranging from weak institutional and technical capacities to a limited knowledge base make it likely that without special measures, LDCs will not be able to take full advantage of the opportunities offered by globalization. Nor will they be in a position to minimize the hardships.

9 5 How to maximize the gain while minimizing the pain remains the central question and challenge. The UN Ministerial Conference of the LDCs offered some recommendations which could help in this respect. Foremost among them is that LDCs need to walk the road of globalization at their own pace and on their own terms. As stated in the Istanbul Declaration, It is for each Government to evaluate the trade-offs between the benefits of accepting international rules and commitments and the constraints posed by the loss of policy space. Moreover, policy space at home needs to be matched by a stronger voice at the international level, enabling the LDCs to influence the global economic architecture. In addition, progress is needed to ensure the effective access of the products of the LDCs to global markets on a duty-free and quota-free basis, and the elimination of trade-distorting subsidies in rich countries which continue to undermine the competitiveness of goods and services from LDCs. In addition, LDCs will need external support both to cope with the downsides of globalization and to take advantage of the opportunities it offers. South-South cooperation and regional integration in the form of partnerships between middle-income countries and LDCs will be vital for this. Often the problems of middle-income countries are closer to the challenges that an LDC faces than the problems in a very advanced country. In such a context, appropriate partnership arrangements need to be institutionalized to ensure that the support and cooperation they engender are lasting, predictable and effective. Ultimately, the current phase of globalization will be judged by whether it is able to transform itself into a vehicle for eradicating poverty, marginalization and inequality, and for promoting sustainable development. This is the moral imperative of our time. Putting LDCs in the driver s seat will be a prerequisite for this. Moussa Affolabi Okanla Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Benin and Chair of the Group of Least Developed Countries ( ) Cheick Sidi Diarra High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States Kemal Dervis 5 Administrator, United Nations Development Programme Ali Babacan Minister of Foreign Affairs, Republic of Turkey

10 6 Making Globalization Work for the Least Developed Countries Acknowledgements This publication is a product of the United Nations Ministerial Conference on Making Globalization Work for the Least Developed Countries held in Istanbul (Turkey) from 9 to 11 July The co-organizers of the conference United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS), United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and the Government of Turkey are most grateful to the governments, organizations and individuals whose contributions made the conference and this publication possible. As the chair of the Group of the Least Developed Countries, the Government of Benin provided valuable policy guidance and played a major role in mobilizing the participation of the Least Developed Countries for the conference. The Government of Turkey hosted the conference and provided substantial financial, logistical and administrative support to make it happen. This publication has also been funded through a generous contribution from the Government of Turkey for which the co-organizers are very grateful. The Special Unit for South-South Cooperation located in UNDP provided generous financial support which enabled the production and presentation of the issues papers. The co-organizers are also indebted to the principal authors and peer reviewers of the issues papers for sharing their knowledge and expertise, as well as to the individuals and teams within the United Nations system that made substantive contributions. The chapter Globalization and the Least Developed Countries was prepared in the Inclusive Globalization Cluster of the Poverty Group of UNDP s Bureau for Development Policy by a team comprising Paul Ladd, Luciana Mermet, Sabrina Varma, Sukyung Park and Kathryn Glynn-Broderick under the overall guidance and supervision of Kamal Malhotra, Senior Adviser and Cluster Leader, Inclusive Globalization. This chapter benefited from peer review by Dr. Debapriya Bhattacharya, then Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue in Bangladesh (now Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the WTO and UN Office in Geneva), and by Pedro Conceição and his colleagues in UNDP s Office of Development Studies and by the Executive Office of UNDP. Comments were also received from Mehmet Arda on behalf of the Government of Turkey, David Luke of UNDP s Geneva Trade and Human Development Unit and UN-OHRLLS. The chapters Globalization and the Least Developed Countries: Issues in trade and investment and Globalization and the Least Developed Countries: Issues in technology were prepared by Charles Gore and Michael Herrmann from the Division for Africa, Least Developed Countries and Special Programmes (ALDC), in UNCTAD, with inputs from Kamal Malhotra and his colleagues in the Inclusive Globalization Cluster of the Poverty Group in UNDP s Bureau for Development Policy. Both chapters also benefited from comments by Pedro Conceição and his colleagues in UNDP s Office of Development Studies and the Executive Office of UNDP.

11 The chapter Globalization, agriculture, and the Least Developed Countries was prepared by Suffyan Koroma from the Trade and Markets Division, Economic and Social Department, FAO. Comments were provided by the Inclusive Globalization Cluster of the Poverty Group in UNDP s Bureau for Development Policy and by Pedro Conceição and his colleagues in UNDP s Office of Development Studies. Additionally, the paper benefited from comments by Mehmet Arda on behalf of the Government of Turkey and by UN-OHRLLS. The chapter Energizing the Least Developed Countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals: The challenges and opportunities of globalization was prepared by Minoru Takada, Kamal Rijal and Ellen Morris from the Environment and Energy Group, Bureau for Development Policy, UNDP. This chapter benefited from comments provided by Olav Kjørven, Philip Dobie, Abul Barkat, Abeeku Brew- Hammond and staff in the Inclusive Globalization Cluster of the Poverty Group in the Bureau for Development Policy. It also received comments from Pedro Conceição and his colleagues in UNDP s Office of Development Studies. Additionally, the paper benefited from comments by Mehmet Arda on behalf of the Government of Turkey and by UN-OHRLLS. Contributions are also gratefully acknowledged from UNDP country offices in Bangladesh, Malawi, Mauritania, Nepal, Rwanda and Senegal. The feedback from these country offices was invaluable because it provided grounded, first-hand information and analysis. Charles Gore (UNCTAD), Kamal Malhotra (UNDP), Alexander Sarris (FAO) and Minoru Takada (UNDP) made excellent presentations at the Istanbul conference on the issues papers on technology, trade and investment, agriculture and energy, respectively. Summaries of discussions for round tables on trade and investment, technology, agriculture and energy were prepared by Nelly Ahouilihoua and Luciana Mermet. The publication has also enormously benefited from the work of our editor, Anita Palathingal. The cover and layout design were done by Laurie Douglas Graphic Design. Guidance and assistance in producing, translating and distributing the publication were provided by UNDP s Communications Office, especially from Chirine El-Labbane, Rajeswary Iruthayanathan, Maureen Lynch and Nicole Pierron. Aleida Ferreyra from UNDP s Democratic Governance Group in its Bureau for Development Policy also provided useful guidance. UN-OHRLLS is thankful to its staff members for their tireless efforts to ensure the success of the conference and for providing support in the preparation of the publication. They include Nelly Ahouilihoua, Paola Babos, Annie Concha, Zamira Eshmambetova, Fred Kirungi, Carol Sakubita and Harriet Schmidt. 7

12 8 Making Globalization Work for the Least Developed Countries UNDP is grateful to their staff for their diligent efforts in ensuring the success of the conference and the overall coordination and preparation of this publication. They include Annette Edra, Cosmas Gitta, Nergis Gulasan, Ragnhild Imerslund, Ramakrishnan Iyer, Paul Ladd, Rosemary Nuamah, Sarah Renner, Yasemin Ustay, Sabrina Varma, Siromi Wanasundera and Kale Yideg. Farah Siddique provided assistance while doing an internship at UNDP. The final revision benefited from continuous support from Luciana Mermet. Most importantly, the co-organizers are especially thankful to H.E. Mr. Baki Iilkin, Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Turkey to the United Nations, H.E. Mr. Anwarul Chowdhury, then UN Under-Secretary General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (until June 2007), H.E. Mr. Cheick Sidi Diarra, UN Under-Secretary General and High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States (from August 2007), and Mr. Kemal Dervis 5, UNDP Administrator, for their vision, leadership and support, without which this conference and publication would not have been possible.

15 Abbreviations 11 RMG ROO RTA S&DT SIDS SPS SP TBT TRIPS UNCTAD UNDP UNECA UNIDO UN-OHRLLS WIPO WTO ready-made garment Rules of Origin Regional Trade Agreement Special and Differential Treatment Small Island Developing States Sanitary and Phytosanitary Measures Special Products Technical Barriers to Trade Trade Related Aspects of Intellectual Property Rights United Nations Conference on Trade and Development United Nations Development Programme United Nations Economic Commission for Africa United Nations Industrial Development Organization United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and Small Island Developing States World Intellectual Property Organization World Trade Organization

16 12 Making Globalization Work for the Least Developed Countries Introduction The Istanbul Declaration on Least Developed Countries: Time for Action, which was issued at the conclusion of the United Nations Ministerial Conference of the Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Making Globalization Work for the LDCs in July 2007, reaffirmed the international community s commitment to the Programme of Action for the Least Developed Countries for the Decade and highlighted the opportunities and challenges of the current phase of globalization for the poorest and most vulnerable countries. LDC ministers recognized and affirmed that the process of globalization and interdependence is potentially a powerful and dynamic force that can contribute to growth, poverty reduction and sustainable development, but emphasized the need for fair and equitable globalization. Additional trade and investment, transfer of technology and technological innovation and development, agricultural productivity and food security, and affordable, reliable, economically viable and socially acceptable forms of energy can potentially help LDCs build a competitive environment and foster a truly inclusive and globalized world. But none of this is automatic or inevitable. The conference produced substantive papers on these four themes, and one background paper entitled Globalization and the Least Developed Countries. The Inclusive Globalization Cluster of the Poverty Group of the Bureau for Development Policy of UNDP was responsible for the substantive preparation of the conference papers, with important inputs from UNCTAD ( Globalization and the LDCs: Issues in trade and investment and Globalization and the Least Developed Countries: Issues in technology ), FAO ( Globalization, agriculture and the Least Developed Countries ) and the Environment and Energy Group of UNDP ( Energizing the Least Developed Countries to achieve the Millennium Development Goals: The challenges and opportunities of globalization ). The gathering of many ministers, senior policy makers and other officials and delegates from a range of international organizations facilitated ample discussion and debate. The city of Istanbul was a perfect venue as the host of the conference. Located at the crossroads of historically commercial and cultural routes, the city has, for centuries, provided a crucial bridge between East and West, as well as South and North. The process of globalization has symbolized the flow of money, ideas, people, goods and services across borders between North, South, East and West over the last two centuries. While the technological aspects of the process might be irreversible, its policy aspects can and should be managed to effect a more inclusive and equitable outcome. Indeed, while many posit that globalization has led to substantial gains in the well-being of millions of people around the globe, a darker side to globalization coexists, manifested in increasing, unprecedented inequalities both between and within the vast majority of countries. This income inequality is translating into staggering wealth inequality: according to the Human Development Report 2005, the poorest 40 percent of the world s population 2.5 billion people, living on less than $2 a day now accounts for just five percent of all global income. Such inequalities

17 13 While many posit that globalization has led to substantial gains in the well-being of millions of people around the globe, a darker side to globalization coexists, manifested in increasing, unprecedented inequalities both between and within the vast majority of countries. extend beyond income and wealth, and are underpinned by inequalities in opportunity, power and development outcomes. Partly as a result, the LDC share of world merchandise exports fell from nearly 3 percent in 1950 to below 1 percent in The evidence also suggests that most LDCs remain trapped in a vicious circle of extreme poverty and are actually diverging from developed countries in many other human development indicators. As a result, they are becoming further marginalized in the global economy. The benefits of globalization have failed to reach LDCs for both domestic and international reasons. Internally, LDCs continue to face daunting structural constraints, some of which have been inherited from their colonial past. Extreme poverty, insufficient financial resources, inadequate physical and social infrastructure, lack of skilled human resources and weak institutional and other capacities, as well as the challenge of HIV/AIDS, malaria and tuberculosis, inhibit domestic growth and jeopardize sustainable development in many LDCs. Moreover, the basic building blocks for economic activity and growth have either yet to be put in place or have been severely damaged as a result of both internal and external shocks. LDCs must prioritize economic growth in their national development strategies and policies which build productive capacity. They will also need to enhance their fiscal space through domestic resource mobilization, promote agricultural and industrial diversification and energy security, and strengthen inclusive governance systems. Strengthening national institutions will also be critical to their regional and global integration. Externally, the current phase of globalization has been driven by the industrial economies need for market and investment opportunities abroad, facilitated by the modern technological revolution. This has led to a playing field which is very uneven. Ensuring a fair and inclusive globalization process and outcomes should therefore be both an urgent and common responsibility of the entire international community, and a major binding policy objective of the global partnership for development embodied in Goal 8 of the Millennium Development Goals. This responsibility should extend beyond providing financial resources and should seek to address the systemic inequities of the international economic system. To enable this, developed countries will not only need to meet their existing commitments on aid quantity and quality, but put in place trade, investment, debt sustainability, migration, climate change and intellectual property frameworks that systematically and genuinely operationalize special and differential treatment in favour of developing countries, especially low-income countries. This will require considerable political will on the part of OECD countries.

18 14 Making Globalization Work for the Least Developed Countries In terms of trade, fully funding the Enhanced Integrated Framework Trust Fund and providing a broader Aid for Trade package which supports trade-related infrastructure, adjustment and other costs will be important as a complement to (but not a substitute for) the development dimension of the Doha Round. Providing dutyfree and quota-free market access for all LDC goods should be a specific objective, together with promoting genuine South-South cooperation between middleincome and developing countries and the LDCs. In this context, the rise of the newly industrializing developing countries such as Brazil, China, India, South Africa and Turkey presents new opportunities for the group of LDCs especially in terms of markets for their exports. A new era of cooperation between such important emerging economies and the LDCs can help create a sustainable basis for economic growth, poverty reduction and human development if appropriately managed. It is hoped that this publication, which comprises the papers and statements prepared and presented at the UN Ministerial Conference of the LDCs, Making Globalization Work for the LDCs, will draw attention to issues and challenges facing LDCs and will provide policy makers, practitioners and academics in LDCs with important policy guidance on the way forward.

19 Chapter 1 Globalization and the Least Developed Countries

20 16 Making Globalization Work for the Least Developed Countries Introduction This paper analyses how LDCs are affected by the current process of globalization, and considers what policies LDCs and the international community can implement to increase the share of benefits they receive in this process, while minimizing the costs and risks they bear. 1 Globalization involves the increasing integration and interdependence of countries, their peoples, governments and private sectors. As such, globalization has economic, social, technological, cultural and political dimensions. In this paper, we focus on the consequences of globalization for sustainable human development in LDCs. 2 Three criteria are used by the United Nations to assess whether a country is classified as an LDC: low income, weak human assets and economic vulnerability. 3 There are currently 50 countries classified as LDCs, of which 31 are landlocked LDCs and 12 are Small Island Developing States (SIDS). 4 LDCs contributed 0.69 percent of global output in 2005 even though they accounted for almost 12 percent of the world s population. 5 While it is difficult to construct an accurate picture of poverty and human development trends in the group of LDCs as a whole due to a lack of systematic and comparable data, United Nations Conference on Trade and 1. Background paper for the July 2007 UN Ministerial Conference Making Globalization Work for the LDCs, organized by the Government of Turkey in cooperation with UNDP and the United Nations Office of the High Representative for the Least Developed Countries, Landlocked Developing Countries and the Small Island Developing States (UN-OHRLLS). The paper was prepared in the Inclusive Globalization Cluster of UNDP s Bureau for Development Policy by a team comprising Paul Ladd, Luciana Mermet, Sabrina Varma, Sukyung Park and Kathryn Glynn-Broderick, under the guidance and supervision of Kamal Malhotra, Senior Adviser and Cluster Leader, Inclusive Globalization, Poverty Group, Bureau for Development Policy. The paper is intended to stimulate discussion and debate both at and beyond the conference, and puts forward certain hypotheses for this purpose. The authors gratefully acknowledge the contributions of several UNDP country offices in LDCs, including Bangladesh, Malawi, Mauritania, Nepal, Rwanda and Senegal, as well as from David Luke of UNDP s Geneva Trade and Human Development Unit. The paper benefited from peer review by Debapriya Bhattacharya, then Executive Director of the Centre for Policy Dialogue, Bangladesh (now Ambassador and Permanent Representative of Bangladesh to the WTO and UN Office in Geneva) and by staff in the Office of Development Studies and Executive Office of UNDP. Comments were also received from UN-OHRLLS and these were incorporated as appropriate. Finally, the paper draws significantly on the UNCTAD series of reports on the LDCs: 2. Since 1971, the United Nations has denominated LDCs as a category of states that are deemed highly disadvantaged in their development process, many of them for geographical reasons. These countries face greater development and poverty related challenges than other developing countries. Indeed, LDCs are considered to be in need of the highest degree of attention from the international community. 3. Low income is assessed as a three-year average estimate of the gross national income (GNI) per capita (under $750 for countries to be added to the list, above $900 for cases of graduation); weak human assets are proxied through a composite Human Assets Index: _dir/docs//ldc_highlight001hai_en.pdf; and economic vulnerability is measured through a composite Economic Vulnerability Index: 4. UN-OHRLLS: 5. Key Development Data and Statistics, World Bank Database, 2005: EXTERNAL/DATASTATISTICS/0,,contentMDK: ~menuPK: ~pagePK: ~piPK: ~theSitePK:239419,00.html.

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